Political Ideological Profile website

STEP I: Pew Research: Political Typology

(www.people-press.org/quiz/political-typology/group/e0f0236)1.Complete the quiz. What is yourtypology?2. What percentage of the general public shares your ideological type? (Question =hyperlink)Go to the web page: “Comparing Political Typology Groups”. Click on “Types”. It is located nearthe bottom of the left-side navigation column. On the “Types” page, find your type. It will be listedmidway down the leftcolumn.3.List “Social Characteristics” of your type. They are listed by bullets in the greybox.4.Read the “Key Issues” for your type. (a) Which issue is most important to you? (b) Which, ifany, issue is not important toyou?5.Write a few sentences explaining how you compare with the social characteristics of yourtype. Title a sheet of notebook paper: “My Political Ideological Diagrams”. Draw the diagram ofyour ideological placement. It is near the bottom right-side of thepage.

Step II: ﻿World’s Shortest Political Quiz﻿

(http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz/quiz.php) Take thequiz.On your separate diagram sheet, draw the diagram of the results of yourquiz. If you know how to use the trim tool, you can add it to your word document.1.After reading the description, do you agree with the results?Explain.2.What is your “Personal Issues” score? What is your “Economic Issues”score?3.Which political group do you most agreewith?4.Do you think the creators of the quiz are conservative, libertarian orliberal?

Step III: THe Supreme Court

I.The SupremeCourt1.Which justices did you agree with the most? (Note: Elena Kagan replaced John Paul Stevensin August2010.)2.Lookingatthephotosofthreejusticesat thebottomofthepage,whoisconsideredthe‘swing vote’ on theCourt?3.Who is considered the most conservative member of theCourt?4.Who WAS considered the most liberal member of theCourt?

Step IV: Candidate Match

Complete the survey. Take time to read what the candidates actually said about eachissue.1.Which candidate did you agree with the most? What percentage of thetime?2.Do your results surprise you?Explain